Wayne County/Kentucky
Inscription
Formed in 1842 from Cabell.
Named for General Anthony
Wayne, whose victory over
the Native Americans in 1794
at Fallen Timbers broke the
Western Confederacy and
removed the threat of further
attacks into western Virginia.
[Reverse]
Named for the Kentucky River, bearing an Indian name. Called "Dark and Bloody Ground." Explored by Daniel Boone, 1769. Settled at Harrodsburg, 1774. It became a Virginia county in 1776 and a state in the Union in 1792.
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More markers in Wayne
Indian Mound
Huntington, WV
A flat-topped conical burial mound in Camden Park is the largest mound in the Huntington area, and is third in size in West Virginia.
Veterans Administration Hospital
West Huntington, WV
Located one and a half mile south on Spring Valley Drive.
Ceredo-Kenova
Kenova, WV
Ceredo -- Founded in 1857 by Eli Thayer of Massachusetts, an Abolition leader, in his plan to create sentiment against slavery in western...
Kentucky/West Virginia (Wayne County)
Kenova, WV
Named for the Kentucky River, bearing an Indian name.
Fort Gay
Named during the War between the States.